
The Kadéï River is a
tributary
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of the
Sangha River that flows through
Cameroon
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and the
Central African Republic
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. Its total
drainage basin
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is 24,000 km. The river rises from the eastern
Adamawa Plateau
The Adamawa Plateau () is a plateau region in west-central Africa stretching from south-eastern Nigeria through north-central Cameroon ( Adamawa and North Provinces) to the Central African Republic. The part of the plateau that lies in Nigeria i ...
, southeast of
Garoua-Boulaï () in Cameroon's
East Province. The Kadéï is swelled by two tributaries, the
Doumé at
Mindourou () and the
Boumbé (), before flowing east into the
Central African Republic
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. At
Nola
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...
(), the Kadéï meets the
Mambéré and becomes the Sangha. The Kadéï is part of the
Congo River
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basin.
[Gwanfogbe 27–8; Neba 43.]
See also
*
Communes of Cameroon
The Divisions of Cameroon are the third-level units of administration in Cameroon. They are organised by divisions and sub divisions of each province (now Regions).
As of 2005 (and since 1996) there are 2 urban communities (Douala and Ya ...
References
* Gwanfogbe, Mathew, Ambrose Meligui, Jean Moukam, and Jeanette Nguoghia (1983). ''Geography of Cameroon.'' Hong Kong: Macmillan Education Ltd.
* Neba, Aaron (1999). ''Modern Geography of the Republic of Cameroon,'' 3rd ed. Bamenda: Neba Publishers.
Rivers of Cameroon
Rivers of the Central African Republic
International rivers of Africa
Tributaries of the Sangha River
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